SAN ANTONIO DE GUERRA (DA) — Curaçao suffered its second loss at the U18 Pan American Baseball Championship on Friday, falling 19-2 to the United States after a 12-run fourth inning turned the Group A matchup into a rout.
The game at the IPL Academy ended after 5 innings. The United States improved to 2-0, finishing with 15 hits, while Curaçao managed 3 hits and committed 2 errors.
Curaçao scored once in the second inning and again in the third. Zazil Schoop drove in a run with a sacrifice fly, and I-Zion Mogen also had an RBI. Edelmar Croes and Zhydire Joubert scored Curaçao’s runs.
Croes, Jay-Dlynn Wiel and Shemar Jacobus each singled for Curaçao.
Starter Rohan Agostien took the loss, allowing 6 runs on 4 hits and 6 walks in 3 1/3 innings. He struck out 2. Curaçao used 4 pitchers, who combined to issue 10 walks.
Chase Fuller led the U.S. offense, going 4 for 4 with a triple and 5 RBIs. Sebastian Castillo Aleman scored 5 runs and drove in 3, while Sebastian Wilson also contributed 3 RBIs. The Americans followed their fourth-inning outburst with 4 more runs in the fifth.
Justin Kirchner earned the win with 2 innings of relief, allowing 1 run on 2 hits and striking out 4. U.S. starter Connor Salerno also struck out 4 over 2 innings, and Drake Hawpe retired Curaçao in order in the fifth.